NTSC to PAL is Choppy

Hi all, I have a 90 minute NTSC sequence that I need to make a PAL DVD of. I exported a quicktime from FCP brought it in to compressor and put the custom best 90 min dvd setting for pal on it, compressed it and brought the file in to DVD studio pro, but when I watch the clip in simulate, the picture is choppy on fast moving video scenes. I know this is because of the 29.97 to 25 fps conversion, but is there any other solution or work around?

[John Gramaglia]"Hi all, I have a 90 minute NTSC sequence that I need to make a PAL DVD of. I exported a quicktime from FCP brought it in to compressor and put the custom best 90 min dvd setting for pal on it, compressed it and brought the file in to DVD studio pro, "

You can't do it all in one step and and get a good conversion. The MPEG 2 encoder is not a standards converter.

Do it in two steps. First do your standards conversion. Export your NTSC sequence and take that into Compressor. Convert it to PAL 8 Bit Uncompressed or PAL Pro Res 422. Open the Frame Controls, set the resize to Better (or Best) and the Rate Conversion to Better (or Best). Setting everything to Best takes forever and does not necessarily improve it much, so do a short test to see if Better does the job to your liking.

Hi John,
Thanks so much for your reply. It almost worked perfectly. The choppiness is gone but now the white titles over black at the opening of the piece are buzzing slightly. Is there a work around for that?